FCA Warns Of Investment Pitfalls.

The Financial Conduct Authority has today announced its concerns surrounding the growing interest in graphene investment schemes. According to the report, the schemes are targeting investors and encouraging them to invest using high pressure tactics. No specific firms were named by the FCA but the advice would seem to confirm the need to proceed with caution and to ensure you remain vigilant in researching and conducting due diligence.

The FCA announcement is as follows:

We are concerned about investments involving a man-made material called graphene. Find out more and how to protect yourself.

We are receiving many reports from people who have been offered investments in graphene, which is a type of carbon that may one day be used in display screens, electrical circuits and batteries.

Why are we concerned?

We first uncovered this issue when we found evidence of a ‘graphene investment firm’ on the computers of a suspected boiler room. So we believe that the same firms that have sold other high risk, dubious products such as carbon credits, rare earth metals and overseas land and crops, are now trying to sell graphene.

We are yet to see any convincing evidence that there is a viable market for retail investors to make money from investments in rare earth metals.

Manufacturing companies that use the metals almost always buy them in very large quantities, making it highly unlikely they will deal with small independent retail consumers.

It has been reported to us that callers promoting investments in graphene are using dubious, high-pressure sales tactics and targeting vulnerable consumers.

There is a strong possibility of fraud with graphene because it is unregulated and it is difficult to confirm that you have bought the genuine product.

Protection when investing

Remember: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!

Most firms promoting and selling investments in graphene are not authorised by us. We strongly advise you to only deal with financial services firms that are authorised by us, and check our Register to ensure they are.

Needless to say, this website fully endorses the concerns of the FCA and would encourage all readers to remain up to date with the industry before making any investment decisions. Investingraphene.com offers a record of recent developments in the industry, which may be of use to investors; and in no way does the site have any direct involvement in the trading of shares.

Here’s wishing all the readers a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.